Ilene Giles

Ilene has dedicated over twenty years to federal contracts and is the author of, "Road to Business Growth in the GSA Program" Ilene is known for working with vendors who struggle with GSA contracts and its processes. She is a former GSA contract specialist who has helped over five hundred vendors worldwide in winning federal business with a GSA schedule, contact Ilene for a free consultation

GSA FAS Newly Appointed Commissioner

General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) has a newly appointed Commissioner.  As the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) has become part of FAS Alan Thomas has been appointed as the current Commissioner of FAS replacing Tom Sharpe.  Tom Sharpe and Deputy Commissioner, Kevin Youel Page both resigned on June 24 of this year. Mr. […]

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OMB Extends Small Business Accelerated Payment Policy

Effective January 11, 2017 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has extended the policy to provide accelerated payment to Small Business and Small Business Subcontractors.  In a memorandum sent from Shaun Donovan the policy has been extended until December 31, 2017. This policy was implemented in 2011 under Memorandum M-11-32 was issued instructing federal agencies to

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Satellite Tech SIN Added To Schedule 70

The General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced yet another SIN (Special Item Number) will be added to GSA Schedule 70.  The new SIN, 132-41 will be focused on Earth Observation Solutions (EOS).  The services offered for this SIN is: Global Coverage Imagery Archive Storage & Distribution Monitoring Base Maps (Mosaics) Earth Observation Solutions for accurate mission

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GSA Facilities Maintenance & Management Schedule-What You Need To Know

A current GSA schedule offered to vendors is 03FAC, Facilities Maintenance & Management.  This particular schedule covers: Facilities Maintenance or Management Energy Management & Water Conservation Industrial Aerospace Coating; Marine Coating Dry Docking Solutions The preliminary requirements to qualify are: Two years of consistent business. Total sales of $50,000 or more within the past two years of business.

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Possible New SIN For IT Schedule 70

The General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have partnered to provide federal agencies with a Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program (CDM) in order to safeguard, secure, and strengthen cyberspace and security of federal agency networks.  With this partnership a possible new Special Item Number (SIN) could be issued under GSA’s

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